Record-punching machine.



s. SCOGNAMILLO.

RECORD PUNCHING MACHINE.

VAPPLICATION HLED JULY 10,1914.

l 173,874., Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

3 'SHEETS-SHEET l.

vlwllllml Muse 665,

S. SCOGNAMILLO.

RECORD PUNCHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY1o.1914.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

YSALVATORE scoGNAMILLo, or NEWYonK, N. Y.

BEORD-PUNCHING MACHINE.

I To lll whom 'L'tmay concern:

vlBe it known that I, SALVATORE ScooNA- MILLO, a citizen of the YUnited States, resid- Punching-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sheet perforating machine for producing musical records adapted to be used in connection with mechanical piano or organ players and devices, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a simple organization of electrically controlled elements which positively and automatically operate to-accurately orv exactly duplicate apreliminarily' prepared record in an expeditious manner Without requiring any special attention on the part of an operator to effect the result sought, and thereby materially reduce the cost of manufacture of .this class of machines and of perforated mechanical records.

The machine` embodying the features of the invention has been particularly devised for producing musical records of the perforated sheet type ordinarily rolled upon spools or anlogous devices -for ready application to a mechanicalpiano or organ player, but it will be understood that the same mechanism may be-used for reproducing any other porforated sheet, such-as that used inconnection with Jacquard looms and in type machines and the like.

The improved machine embodies a gang or plurality of lever punches which .are individually-'operated or are automatically selected in accordance with the openings in the preliminarily prepared record or pattern by the several mechanisms embodied in. the macl1ine. i v

'-The machine also involves means for causing vthe Isheet being-perforated to move in consonance with or at the same rate of speed asthe preliminarily prepared record or pattern, and, furthermore, the variation'in the length or size of vthe openings in the pattern record will beeffectively carried out in the reproduction fsheet by causing the punch, levers automatically selected to operate to have vibrations imparted thereto in order to continuously-cut openings in the reproduction sheet exactly corresponding in length to the openings inthe pattern '.record.

The invention also consists in the construction andv arrangement of they several Speoitlon of Letters Patent.v Application mea my 1o, 1914.- serial No. 850,218.

Patented renee, iene.

parts .which will be'4 more4 hereinafter v described in preferred form and subject sto' variations and modifications in the proportions, dimensions'and minor details` without,

departing from theiscope of Vthe invention as outlined in the appended claims.v

In the drawings: Figurefl is a longitudinal vertical sect-lon of al sheet perforating machine embodying the features of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view,'broken approximately through the center, and also having portions of the perforating. levers removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of a portionof, the machine taken in the plane of the line 3 3, Fig. 1, and broken through at the center. Fig. 4 is -a'detail end elevationV showing the driving mechanism for one of the rollers or spools and particularly illustrating the ratchet mechanism for checking backward movement or back lash of the spool or roller. Figs. 5 and 6 show detail views, respectively 1n combined elevation and section, and in cross-section,

showing means forv holding `the end of the paper sheet in separable connection with one of the rollers ors ools. Fig. 7 is adetail perspective view o a portion ofthe cutting means for severing the reproduction sheet from the main body of the sheet after a record has been reproduced or completed. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional elevation of one of the magnets and a portion of lone of the unch levers showing the means for breakmg the circuit of the magnet to permit the lever to vibrate or oscillate to produce an elongated opening in the pattern record.

The numeral 5 designates a frame which I may be ofany dimensions and contour and embodiesI a plurality of parts which will be more particularly hereinafter explained lin specifying the application of the various mechanisms and devices thereto, this frame' having suitable legs 6 for supporting the same at any desired elevation above a ksupport upon which the machine as a `whole may be disposed. At the rear ofthe frameI are uprights or vertical supports 7 that may be suitably tied or braced and having. arms 8 projecting forwardly therefrom and `continuing into :and producing the, opposite sides 9 of a bed or table 10 with the-opposite ends 11 downwardly curved to permit-the reproduction sheet of paper or'other .material to be Y,readily fed thereonto and' therefrom.' vThis bed vor table 10 is also provided with upstanding. side guides' 12* which are engaged Iby the side edges" of the reproducv tion sheet to 'maintain the latter in a positive position relatively to ther punching mechanism which will be presently n explained. At the front and rear extremities of the bed or table 10, suitably flanged guide rolls 13 and 14 are mounted below the plane of the bed, as shown by Fig. 1, and in suitable bearings 15 of verticalconnecting members 16 of the frame under the bed or table 10 a'sheet feed roll 17 is mounted and will ,be provided with any preferred means to prevent the sheet having loose movement has a transversel extending pocket or chan-` nel 18 near the ront extremity thereof and depending-below thel same, said pocket or channel having an -outlet opening or slot 19 in its bottom. Within this pocket or vchannel 18 female dies 20 are mounted and consist of a plurality of steel plates which are less than half vthe distance between the front and rear walls of the pocket or channel to form. vertical openings 21 therebetween, said openings 21 diverging toward and disposed over the lower outlet opening.

19. It will be understood, therefore, that each die is composed of twoplates22 which have upper slightly convex vedges 23. and

are disposed' in longitudinal aline'mentto form a die4 opening 24, each pair of plates being separated by a steel. partition plate 25 extending the full width of the pocketor channel 18 and coperating with the pairs of plates 22 to complete the several dies 20. The die'openings 24 produced by the plates 22 and 25 are preferably of rectangular form, but it will be understood that this shape may be-varied at will by correspondingly changing the edges of thedies 'around the openings. The diesas composed of the pairs of plates 22 and the plates 25 ar held 1n positive positions in the pocket or chanvnel 18 by rods 26 adapted to be suitably secured at their ends in the side portions of the frames and' readily removable to take out and repair or replace any of the die members. The plates 25 will also have their upper edges slightly convex so as to accurately coincide with the upper edges of the plates 22, and when all of the die 'inembers are assembled and ysecured in the pocket or channel 18 a continuous convex ridge-will be provided'in the bed or table 10 over which the sheet, as at S', from the.

roll 17 is regularlyfed, the said sheet also first passing over vthe guide roller 14 and 1,17sIs74 then awa from the bed ortable 10 over the guide rol er 13 at the front of the latter.

A iixed fulcrum rod 27 is held between uprights 28 rising, from intermediate portions of the arms 8, and. on this'fulcrum rod an 'insulating bushing 'or sleeve 29 is mounted. Punch levers '30 are suspended from the rod 27 and have intermediate ap.-` ertured enlargements 31k in which the bushing 29 is fitted, there being the same mimber of levers 30 as there are female dies in the pocket or channel 18; and each lever o has a depending punch terminal 32 at its front extremity which is normally held over one of the openings 24 of the dies 20. The levers 30 extend rearwardly from therod 27 and are preferably provided with upturned rear ends 33 to which springs 34 are attached and also secured to a rod or analogous device 35 extendingV across and fastened to the uprights 7 at the rear of the Y the rear portions of the` arms 8, an insulatingbushing 40 being interposed between the lever head. 37 and the rod 39. The head 37 of the lever 38 has an upwardly extendingcontact projection 41 which 'rises slightly above the planes of the upper edges of the arms 8 to coperate with thecontact projection 36 of the rear portion of the lever 30 thereover.

There are as many followers or defining levers 38 used as there are levers 3 0, and the bushing 40 extends fully over the rod 39 and insulates all of the said levers 38. The levers 38 have lower rearwardly projecting contact ends or fingers 42, each lever being provided with a single projection or lfinger, and engaging each lever 38 also is a spring 43 resting against a fiber or insulating block or strip 44 held by a cross-bar 45 secured to the arms 8. The springs 43 operate to maintain the yfollowers or defining levers 38 in a normally yielding position, but the springs 43 are only of such resilient tension as to insure the performance of contact function and'engagement of the fingers 42 with parts disposed for-coperation therewith. The fingers 42 are adapted to engage with metal heads 46 having Shanks 47 held between-insulating strips 48 secured to horizontal supports 49 'extending forwardly from the uprights 7 the Shanks 47 projecting rearwardly beyond the insulating strips 48 any suitable distance to receive electrical ifm-7eme connections The heads 46 have 'front-iconvided by sheet S is being removable frmfthe vportion of the frame which the engage. v .As shown. by ig. 3, -theone f. i pin 55,rand the other. arm vi's-formed with-an Y v-openin the soc .15.y c y ed-.bythel seat 58,' and lthrough which 'outwardly a regular rotation imparted thereto.A roller.51 preliminarily` carriesthe pattern j head 61 engaging a-spring opening 56 and seat 58 of the cap 57 `The spring 62 forces the stud 60 inwardly and the adjacent head of the .roller 51 at the center is provided with a socket 63 to removably receive the stud. The opposite head of the roller 51 has a cylindrical boss 64 with a cross-groove 65 therein 4to fit over the pin 55. 1t will be seen-*that the. roller 51 may beV readily removedby shiftingthe roller longitudinally and pressin until the boss 64 is isengaged from lthe cross-pinf55, andthen the .stud 60 may be released fromthe opposite v-headj-of the roller. It will be understood thatv the bushing 53 with its innerv vfiange 54-rotates in the portion of. the arm in whichit is mounted, and also that.. the stud `60 is `free to rotate. in the annular disk. 59 andthe opening 56 so that the sheet or record, and as heretofore indicated',

the pattern sheet or'record passes over-fthe .is wound upon theflower-rollerr52. v This lower roller 52' is also engaged-andihasdey vices for removing the same lsimilar'yin all:v

described in connection withfthe exceptionfhere# respects to those with the roller 51 inafter explained, and to the l.similar partsof the two rollers like reference characters' have been applied. Instead of-usin the :exill through the A, medium ofgj the ratchetfandlw bushing 53 as shown in connection wit 'fthe roller 51, an elongatedbushing 65ans 1pro vided with the cross-pin 55,' the said longer bushing projecting loutwardly beyond'" the suitable'v bearings. 90`v and having a hand whee1'91 at `itsfront end within easy reachzing distance of the operator.

The rod yor shaft 89 may be actuated at pany time desiredto shift the motor 83 and lclrange the point of engagement ofy the roller lower portion of one ofthe side ;members of the frame and having a ratchet wheelf66 screwed or otherwise secured on` the: touter end thereof and engaged with'la- -pawl 67 `paw-l' just explained. 'ofi-,the hedor table'lO is a receivin 6.9""-forthe reproduced sheet, saidr ro ler he- ".1 ing"piin)inclined alinement with the guide .roller 13"above.f Theroller 69 ismounted in `aremovable..manner onthe frame 'inpre- "ciselyfr the same wayA as the roller 52 andis v la1m8l;has.a -`socket with'an innerfflange54-and a cross-` f 'movementlof the roller 69 in winding the f 56 lthe'rethrolflgh in alinement with? et-*53 and-fthe outerfpatof the open" Ying is covered bya 'cap '57lfwhichqisfproject@ i over "the inner-'part'l of the opening `V`5611s a'plate or; annular "di sjk" :59fV

a .movable stud-60l extends- '1.,'inwardly,V thestud having an outer flanged 62 held in the the stud roller. 51 may' have The A Under the front-end roller provided with a-'bevel gear v70 similar to the gear 68 of the roller 52. It is'obvious that '..the rollers '52 and 69 must-move or rotate at exactly4 the same rate o f speed and the .sheet thereon `as-reproduced `controls the feed of thersaid sheet over the bed or table 1:0, `and .the rate of feed lof this sheetlover the roller 52. To accomplishthis uniformity of movement ofthe rollers 51 and 69 and also the same rate of movement of the sheet S over the bedy or table 10 as the movement of the pattern sheet S', a power shaft 71 is provided and mounted in suitable bearings 72 at one side vof the machine frame, and on Lthe ends of the shaft 71 are bevel pinions 73 and 74 which respectively mesh with the bevel gears'68 and 70. r1`he bevel pinions 7 3l and 74 are so positioned relatively` to `the bevel gears 68 and 7 O that the rollers 52 and-69xwill rotate'in the same direction or have thesame'windin movement sothat the sheetS as reproduced in accordance with the'pattern provided in the sheet S will be coiled 0n the roller 69 in the same manner as the sheet S is coiled on the roller 52.' On the shaft 71 a sprocket Wheel or other-analogous device 75 is mounted, and

trained thereover is a chain or other belt 76 which extends inwardly and engages `a sprocket Wheel or similar device 77 on a yshaft 78 mounted in suitable bearings 79 and having a friction disk 8O on the end "thereofopposite that to which the sprocket wheel 7 7- is secured. A friction roller 81 is held in continual engagement with the disk 80 and is carried on 'the'inner end of .an

armature shaft 82 of an electric motor y83,

,the Vlatterheing disposed on-a -carrlage or slide' 84 which movablyuengages a pair vof rods 85"extending across the frame and is also provided lwithan adjusting gscrewstem vr86 extendingoutwardly to one side of the .'frameiand provided withwa lbevel pinion 87 meshing with a similarl pinion 88 on the rear endof ari-adjusting r'odorfshaft 89 mounted 81 with respect to `the -disk 80` and thus Vmodify the speed of the shaft 78. and the cutter bar 98 is actuated by a cam roller'c'u', v

- member 100 having trunnions 101 at oppoas may be found necessary duringthe reproduct-ion of any pattern. Positlvely operating means are also provided for lsevering the reproduced sheet after the` latter has been completed in accordance wlth the pattern to be reproduced, said ,severing means consisting of a bracket or frame 92, as shown. in detail by-Fig. 7, embodying a pair o f'- seats for coiled springs 97 which extend out-` wardly and engage the opposite extremities of a sliding cutter bar 98 preferably formed with an inner beveled cutting edge 99'which' coacts with the outer edge of one of the bars 93 in performing its severing function.l 'Iyhe site ends engaging bearings 102 at the outer portions of the heads 95. The cam roller 100 is formed with a cam groove 103 of the contour particularly shown by F ig. 1 and 1nter' secting a shoulder 104 against whlch the outer portion of the cutter bar 98 has bearing so as to insure a' proper rotation of the cam roller 100 in actuatlng the said cutter bar. The cam roller 100 is operated'through' the medium of a handle or gri -nected thereto, and when the sald yroller ismoved inwardly the reproduction sheet S, which is primarily passed between the outer edges of the bars 93 and the inner beveled edge of the cutter bar 98, is forced against the bars 93 and severed and when the cam roller 100 is released the springs 97 force the cutter bar 98 outwardly and at the same time the roller 100 is rotated in a reverse direction until the cutter bar engages the shoulder 104 when the parts of this cutting mechanism will bein normal position. The cutting mechanism as a whole as just'described is secured through the medium of ears or lugsl06 on the ends of the bars 93 to opposite brace members or arms 107 of the frame at a point slightly below the front guide roller 13.

To the upper ends of the uprights 7 above the arms 8 and the punch levers 30 a magnet carrying frame 108 is movably mounted and comprises opposite side bars 109 and a plurality of cross-bars 1,10, the rear ends of the side bars 109 being fulcrumed or hinged to the upper endsof the uprights 7 and having their front ends detachably secured by screw-bolts or analogous devices 111 inserted therethrough into upstanding supports 112 which are each formed with a` socket 113 having a suitable insulation 114 mounted therein. By removing the screwbolts 111 the frame 108 together with the` supports have electromgnets 116 suspended therefrom, oney magnet from each support. An electromagnet'v is yheld over the upper edge of each punch lever 30 and'has its pole exposed to the upper edge of its correspond-h ing lever. It will be seen that all of the magnets 1.16 are arranged in rear of the fulcrum rod 27 of'the evers 30, and hence when the'rear portion ,of any one of the levers'is drawn upwardly by its magnet the front portion of the same lever will be forced downwardly and the punch extremities ,32 thereof will be caused to punch the sheetl punch extremity andl S fed between the said the die beneath.

` As more vclearly shown by Fig. 8,-the core of the magnet is projected as a whole at the upper end of each magnet, and an armature 1'17 is normally in engagement with the upper end of the core or pole of'eachnmagnet and is carried-by a pivoted or hinged arm 118 extending from the adjacent portion of the cross-bar '110 which 'supports the magnet.

The core 119 of each magnet is also tubular and has an insulation 120 therein which is likewise tubular, and through the tubular insulation a small rod'121 rises from the upper edge of the adjacent lever 30 and extends upwardly to and engages an insulation 1 22 on thek armature 117. The rod 121 may be secured either to the lever 30 or to the insulation 122, and the latter insula-l tion will extend over onl a portion of the armature so as to avoidy interfering with the normal metal contact between the armature 117 and the upper end of the core of the magnet.4 The rod121 coperating with each punch lever 30'constitutes a circuit breaker and will break the circuit of the magnet ting each finger 42 to pass therethroughvand engage its corresponding head. Each lever 30 will continue to punch or vibrate so long as its corresponding follower or defining lever 38 has its finger 42 in engagement with its corresponding head 46, and by this means short and longer openings will be formed in iance with 'they' openin yS. 'WhenV the unper orated portions of the pattern sheet QS" move in between the several ,fingers 42 and thev heads 46, the electrical circuit will be broken' by reason of' the interpositionof a. non-conducting material between'- the'said fingers and'head, and in order to effect anf' elevation of the rear portions vof the levers y it will be understood thatv the magnets 116 ,will 'bel strong enough to overcome any resisting tendency that may beset upbyy the contact projections 36 and 41 and also overcomehe resistance vof the springs 34. Furthermore, care will be taken to so proportionA the upper edges of the levers andthe poles of their corresponding magnets 116 as to insure that each magnet will influence only the lever with which it is intended to coperate and thereby avoid magneticvinterference and the operation of levers that should not be actuated.

VThe' motor'83 Awill be supplied with current from any suitable. line source, and the magnets will be `energized from a battery B held in a suitable inclosure 123 secured to the frame 5. The poles of the battery are connected by `wires v124 and 125 to a .switch 126- inthe manner shown by Fig.

1, and all of. the. Shanks 47 are connected by' a Wire 126 with one` ofthe switch members, the several shanksv 47 having short lengths of wire running therefrom to a .main wire -which will'constitu'te a conductor for all vof the vsh'anks collectively 4relatively to the switch member. The remaining member'of the vswitch 1261is connected by a wire or conductor 127 to the frame 108., and the latter is in turn connected by wires 127 to the armatures 117, it being understood that these armatures will be suitably insulated' will be insulated by the interposition of any suitable insulating means at its pivot or hinge connections relatively to the uprights 7 and as indicated at 130..'

As shown by Fig. 5, the front or receiving roller 69y will be providedV with means for readily .atta-ching the reproduction sheet thereto and for disconnecting said sheet for the purpose of transferring it to another roller. The core of the roller 69 coma been completel and the one end of thereproduction sheet inserted therethrough, and then the heads are turned so as to cause the one tube 132 l to rotate on the other tube 131 and clamp the paper between the tubes and at the same time partially roll the paper around'the core, the rotation yofone tube `011 the other being effected when the ,tubes are pushed inwardly to a distance approximately equal to the width of the sheet, and when the paper has been thus secured, the .roller 69 1s` then connected to -the gear 70- which is arranged in all respects similar to the gear shown inconnection with the roller 52, as shown by Fig. 3,. and hereinbefore explained. After the sheet reproduced has roller 69 or su sequent to the severance of the completed reproduced sheet, vthe heads and tubes of .this roller may ,be readily drawn apart fromthe opposite ends 'of the rolled reproduced sheet and the roller again reset in the machine andhave the extremity wound on'the core of the i of the-sheet S again secured thereto in the same manner for the formation of a further reproduction of the pattern sheet. e

' It will be understoodthatanumber of the rollers 69 may be'supplied with each machine so that no time will'be lost in making a substitution of onev roller for another that has become illed or has the'completed reproduced sheet rolled thereon. 'It will'y also be understood that the same` 'form of roller may be adopted at any other point in the machine where found desirable, as for instance the roller 52 may be similarly con- .structed so as to expedite-the detachment of the rolled pattern sheet therefrom. lFurthermore, each of the rollers may be provided with means for preventing the sheets from running slack thereon and especially the main feed roller 117, and any of the approved devices for this purpose may be .adopted at will. It willl also bel-understood that changes in the proportions, dimensions and minor details may be varied within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of oscillating punch levers and corresponding dies, a pattern sheet, electric circuit Fmaking and breaking devicesin part carried, by the punch levers and between which the pattern sheet has movement, a

part of said devices coperating directly.

with the levers to make and break the-circuit relatively to the leversthe pattern sheet having the openings therein formed in a reproducing sheet which is fed between the punch levers and dies, the two sheets simultaneously moving at the same rate of speed, magnetic means attractively coperating with portions of the punching levers to effect an oscillation of the latter, and a source of electrical generation connected to a portion of said circuit making Yand breaking devices and the magnetic means. y

2. InY a machine of the class described, a

plurality of oscillating punch levers and corresponding dies, the levers having'` contact projections, a `pattern sheet, `ra guide .over

which the pattern sheet moves and composed of a plurality of conductingheads, a plurality of conducting followers having means for movably engaging the said heads and having direct engagement with said contact projections of the punch levers, the pattern and reproducing sheets respectively having the same rate of movement simultaneously imparted thereto with relation to the pattern guide andthe punching levers and dies, and

" electrical means connected to the said heads and also controlling the voscillation of the punch levers to form the same openings in a reproducing sheet in regular sequence as the openings in the pattern sheet.

3. In a machine of the class described, a plurality .of punch levers and dies, the levers having contactprojections at their rear portions, a pattern sheet, circuit making and breaking devices between which the pattern sheet has movement, electrically controlled devices in part engaging said contact projections of the levers for oscillating the punch levers, and electrical connections forl and between the electrically controlled devices and the circuit makin;lr and breaking devices for causing the punch levers to operate to form the same character of openings as embodied in the pattern sheet relatively to a reproduction sheet, the pattern sheet and' the reproducing lsheet simultaneouslyr moving at the same rate of speed.

4. In a machine of the class described, a

`plurality of intermediately fulcrumed oscillating punch levers having means attached to their rear extremities for returning them to normal position and also provided with contact projections at their rear extremities, dies corresponding in number to and with which the punch levers coperate, a movable pattern sheet having perforations, and electrical devices includingmeans normally engaging thecontact projections of the levers for automatically operating the said levers to reproduce the perforations of the pattern `'6. In a machine 'lbf the class-describedqa plurality of punch' levers and corresponding dies, a movable pattern she' t having perforations, and electrical devices including circuit breaking means coperating with vopposite portions of the levers to operate the 'latter to exactly reproduce the perforations of the pattern sheet in the same relative position in another sheet.

7. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of oscillating punch levers and corresponding dies, a movable pattern sheet having perforatio'ns, electrically controlled devices includingcircuit making and breakving means above and below and normally engagmg the levers and circuits for operat-V `lng the levers, perforations ofthe pattern sheet engaging a portion of the electrically controlled devices'and'by its movement governmg the make and break of the electrical circuits to actuate the levers to reproduce the perforations of the other sheet.

8. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of oscillating punch levers and corresponding dies, electrical devices above and below the levers and embodying circuitmaking and breaking means for roperating-the levers, means tending to .return the oscillating levers to normal position, and a movable pattern sheet having perforations operating the levers through the electrical devices to reproduce the other sheet.

9. In a machine of th'e class described, a plurality 'of oscillating punch levers and pattern sheet in ancorresponding dies, electrical devices and perforations thereof in ancircuits for operating the levers including I means arranged above and actuated by the levers for breaking the circuits, followers movably mounted below the levers and nor# mally having contact with the latter, and a movable pattern sheet having perforations and also Voperating with a portion of said followers to make and break thecircuits to primarily actuate the levers to reproduce the perforations thereof in exactly the same positions in another sheet, both the reproducing sheet and pattern sheet. being of the same dimensions and simultaneously moved at the same rate of speed.

f 10. In a machine of the class described, a

plurality of oscillating punch levers and corresponding dies, a' series of electrical devices lncludmg electrlcal circuits and mag- `nets disposed over portions of the levers and a plurality of punch levers and corresponding dies, a series of magnets disposed over the levers and having movable members engaging the levers to break the circuits of the magnets, and a movable pattern sheet having perforations and operating to cause"V the magnets of the levers to be alternately energized and denergized to 'reproduce the perforations thereof in anotherv sheet.

12.` In a machine of the class described, a.

plurality of oscillating punch levers and corresponding dies controlling magnets for the levers having means engaging the latter for breaking the circuits of the magnets,

means for returning the levers to normal position, and a movable pattern sheet for alternately energizing and denergizing the magnets and causing the levers to reproduce the pattern sheet in another sheet.

13.. In a machine of the class described,

a. plurality of intermediately fulcr'umed' punch levers and corresponding dies, controlling magnets coperating with the rear portions of the levers, the magnets having means always in engagement with the levers for breaking the circuits of the magnets by the upward movements of the levers, followers having normal contact with A the levers, insulated contact heads coperating with the followers, and a movable kpattern sheet movable between the followers and contact heads and having perforations and operating to alternately energize and denergize the magnets to cause the levers v to reproduce the perforations of the pattern sheet inv another sheet.

14. In a machine of the class described,

plurality of'punch levers and corresponding dies, controlling magnets havmg circuity breakers in part engaging the levers, circuit *making devices connected to the magnets,

and' a movable pattern sheet having perforations passmg between the circuit ymakingdevices and operating to alternately'energize and denergize the magnets to cause the levers to reproduce the perforations of the pattern sheet in another sheet.

15.-In a machine of the class described, a plurality of punchlevers and corresponding dies, electrical devicesin part coperating with the levers and including circuits and a source of electrical supply, said devices operating in alternation with respect to .opposite portions of the levers to make and break the circuits, and a movable pattern sheet also vcoperating with portions of the electrical devices and operating to alter-l nately energize andk denergize a portionv of.

said devices to cause the levers to reproduce the pattern sheet vin another sheet.

16; 'In a. machine-of the class described, a

pluralityvof'ipunch levers andv corresponding Y dies, a hinged frame mounted over portions of the levers and carrying magnetic devices for operatmg said levers, said frame and devices gaglng magnetic devices being adapted to be raised guide overv which the pattern sheet moves and', compcf sed. of a pluralityofconducting heads, magnetic devices disposed over and having circuit,breakingv means coperating with the leversand -connected to the said f heads, and a plurality of conducting followers having means for engaging the perforations of the pattern sheet and the' said heads, the punch levers and conducting followers having projectionswhich are normally :in contact, the perforations lof the pattern sheet being formed in a reproduc- Lingl sheetl movable between'the levers and kdies-by the operation of the levers. Y

18. In a machine'of thel class described, a. plurality of oscillating punch levers and vcorresponding dies, means for maintaining the punch' levers in normal position, av pattern sheet havingjperforations, magnetic devices disposed 'over and operating the punch levers, a `guide over which the pattern sheet .moves and composed of a plurality of conductingheads electrically connected to said magnetic devices, and a plurality of conductingfollowers normally 1n contact with the lower portions of the levers and having free 'extremities for engaging the perforations of the pattern sheet and said heads, the

punch levers and conducting followers hav- Y ing. projections normally in contact, the perforationsof the pattern sheet being formed in a reproducing sheet by the punch levers.

19. Ina 4machine of the class described, a plurality of oscillating punch levers, dies with which said levers coperate, said dies each comprising two plates having upper slightly convex edges disposed in longitu- .dinal alinement and having an openlng formed between ltheirl inner edges, and a partition plate` extending full width of the Vsaid two plates, the partitionv plates beingv 'alternately arranged with relation to each two"l plates of the die, a pattern-sheet having perforations, and' means for automati, cally operating the punch levers relatively to the diesto form the perforations of the pattern sheet in a reproducing sheet.

. 2().` In a machine of the class described', va .frame embodying a front table with a trans` versel-y extending die `pocket therein, a pluralitylof dies mounted in the said pocket and between the winding rolls for the reproduccomprising pairs of plates with upper con-` vex edges extending only partially across the width of the pocket to provide openings between their inneredges and having partition plates alternately associated therewith, a plurality of punch levers coperating with the dies, a perforated pattern sheet, and means operated by the perforated pattern sheet to actuate the punch levers to form the perforations of the pattern sheet in a reproducing sheet.

2l. In a machine of.. the.' class described a frame having a table, a roll for a repro` ducing sheet movable over the table, a Winding roll for a reproducing sheet, a plurality of punch levers and dies, a pattern sheet having perforations and comprising a carrying roll and a winding roll, mechanism ing sheet and the pattern sheet for operating said rolls ata uniform rate of" speed, and

meansv for operating the punch levers through the medium of the perforationsof the' pattern sheet to form perforation's in a reproducing sheet corresponding to those of the pattern sheet. g

22. In a machine of the class described, a frame having a table, a pluralityT of dies carried by the table, a plurality of punch levers coperating with said dies, a pattern sheet having perforations and mounted on 'a carrying roll, means for operating the punch Y sheet to actuate the punch levers to form v perforations in a reproducing sheet corre-l sponding` to those of the pattern sheet, and winding rolls for the pattern sheet and a reproducing sheet, eachof said rolls having a headand a tubular'member with a longitudinal slot therein, the tubular members of the rolls being adapted to telescope and also to rotate with relation to each other for the purpose of securmg and releasing the sheets in engagement therewith.

24. In a machine ofthe class described, a,

frame having a table, punch levers and dies coperating with the said sheet, a Winding roll 'for a sheet adapted to` move over the table, said Winding roll being removably mounted in the frame and comprising heads and .telescopic tubular sections with slots therein, a gear `means with which one of the heads 1s separably associated, and mechamsm for operating the said parts including the gear means.

'25. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of punch levers and corresponding dies, a pattern sheet having perforations and engaging a carrying and Winding roll, means controlled by' the pattern sheet for operating the levers, a winding roll for a reproducing sheet, 'and mechanism for uniformlv operating the said Winding rolls and embodying a transversely shiftable motor directly operating in connection with the gear means for varying the speed of the winding rolls.

26. In a machine of the class described, a frame having a table, sheet engaging mechanism,`a winding roll for a sheet, and a cutting attachment through which a sheet is adapted to move and. comprising guides with a cam head rotatably mounted therein andda sliding'cutting blade actuated by said hea 27.. In a machine of the class described, a

"frame having a table with sheet engaging mechanism, a winding roll for engagement by a sheet, and a manually operative cutting means located between the Winding roll and the front extremity ofthe table and through which a sheet is adapted to move.

28. `In a machine of the class described, av

plurality of punch levers and corresponding dies, a table, a pattern sheet engaging a carrying roll, windingr rolls for the pattern sheet and for a reproducing sheet, means operative by the pattern sheet for actuating the punch levers, and mechanism engaging the said winding rolls and comprising adjustable gear devices, a motor directly operating with said gear devices, guide means on which the said motor is movably mounted, and a screw-rod and gearing for manually shifting the motor to vary the speed of the winding rolls.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, SALVATORE SCOGNAMILLO.

Witnesses:

CHAs. S. HYER,

F. R. ERNEY. 

